# 汚 — Dirty

Frequency rank 1040 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 韓 (Korea), less common than 漢 (Chinese).

- On’yomi: お
- Kun’yomi: きたな、よご
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

A tsunami on the left mixes with dry dirt on the right -- a tsunami mixing into dry ground creates a dirty, muddy mess.

In words:

- 汚い きたない — dirty
- 汚れる よごれる — to get dirty
- 汚す よごす — (1) to disgrace,to dishonour,(2) to pollute,to contaminate,to soil,to make dirty,to stain

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